Job 23:6

Webster's Bible (1833)

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror make me afraid.
  • Ps 138:3 : 3 In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march on them, I would burn them together.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
  • Ezek 20:33 : 33 As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
  • Ezek 20:35 : 35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
  • Job 9:4 : 4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
  • Job 9:19 : 19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
  • Job 9:33-34 : 33 There is no umpire between us, That might lay his hand on us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

    4 I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

    5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would tell me.

  • 7 There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

  • 19 If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'

  • 19 Who is he who will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the spirit.

  • Job 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

    10 Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

    11 What is my strength, that I should wait? What is my end, that I should be patient?

  • Job 9:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 If he is pleased to contend with him, He can't answer him one time in a thousand.

    4 God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

  • 14 For he has not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.

  • Job 40:8-9
    2 verses
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    8 Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

    9 Or have you an arm like God? Can you thunder with a voice like him?

  • Job 9:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14 How much less shall I answer him, Choose my words to argue with him?

    15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

  • 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

  • 13 Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?

  • 4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?

  • 2 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me, Show me why you contend with me.

  • 3 "Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 "Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.

    13 Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?

  • 5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; [yes], let him make peace with me.

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34 Let him take his rod away from me, Let his terror not make me afraid:

    35 Then I would speak, and not fear him, For I am not so in myself.

  • 5 If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

  • 8 He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.

  • 19 Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?

  • 23 Or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'

  • 2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."

  • 15 Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.

  • 23 For he doesn't need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.

  • 21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God, Of a son of man with his neighbor!

  • 10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

  • 16 For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.

  • 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call on God at all times?

  • 25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, And behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;

  • 22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

  • 8 "But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;

  • 22 Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and you answer me.

  • 23 We can't reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.

  • Job 31:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

    36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.

    37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. As a prince would I go near to him.

  • 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?

  • 14 For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

  • 13 "With God is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

  • 1 Then Job answered,

  • 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

  • 23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.